Mallory Marin
Group 6
1. Destitute peapickers in California, February 1936
2. –indoors -lit well -rural -day
3. –yes there are people -three -two children and their mother -old and tattered -black -the boys hiding on their mothers shoulder and the depressed look on the face of the mother - their tattered clothes and the dirt covering them
4. –homes -bad conditions -everything is very close together -some kind of tent used as their home and also I believe a stick that is holding that tent up
5. –light
-negative -its dark in terms of sadness
6. My response to this picture is that this picture is revealing a suffering family (a mother and her two children) and their times of hardship. The feeling of this photograph is very negative, and when you first look at it, you don’t get a positive feeling because of the surrounding features. For instance, the crying children on her shoulders don’t really make you feel happy inside. The mother looks like she just wants thins time to be over with and make better lives for her children. Overall, this is a very depressing picture mostly because of the people’s expressions and surroundings and how close they are huddled together, looking as if they want to just get this suffering over with.
7. –What were the mother’s exact thoughts at this time? -what specifically was surrounding the family?
Mallory Marin Group 6 1.Nipomo, Calif., March 1936 2. –outdoors -light -rural -day 3.–yes there are people -Four -there are two children about the age of 7 and two older women about the ages of twenty five and fifty -tattered and unclean clothing -white -the house that they are in and the rocking chair that the woman is sitting on -what catches my eyes are the unhappy expressions that are on all of their faces, especially the older woman on the chair 4. –homes -dilapidated -out in the middle of nowhere -garbage and forest 5.–heavy -negative -dark 6.My response to this photograph is that in it there is yet another suffering family that needed help. In this photo, it is probably a typical day, filled with nothing to do but hope for the best. The picture is negative from the expressions on the people’s faces and it sort of makes you want to wish that you could have helped them somehow. Also, the home that they are in is very shocking to me. This is because that us Americans are so spoiled that we don’t realize what it was really like to be living like this every single day. Overall, I think that we should appreciate what we have more because think of what it would be like to have to support a family with young children and elderly plus have to work jobs to pay to get food to survive. 7.–If you interviewed these people, what do you think that they would tell you about living like this? - How hard is it to get food on a daily basis? What are the requirements for this family?
Mallory Marin Group 6 1. Rome, Georgia, September 1943 2. -outdoors -light -urban -day 3. –there are no people -the appearance of the building behind the sign is very interesting. - what catches my eyes is the size of the sign 4. –businesses -dilapidated -everything is close together -the basic city structures, many buildings and telephone wires. 5. –light -negative -seemingly dark 6.My response to this photograph is that this is a very racist sign, and that people are judging each other by the color of their skin. Also, I think that the people in the city should learn to be accepting and also not take the racial differences so seriously. People do not need to be separated because of their physical means and things that they can’t change about themselves. I also feel a very dark vibe from this photo because it’s a huge sign near dilapidated buildings and it may be in the middle of the daytime, but the feel is still blackening. 7.–Why did people care so much about race that they had to separate people? - How does the setting affect the feel of the picture to the photographer?
Group 6
Kristen Feige
"At the bus station."
1.) This picture was taken in Durham, North Carolina in May 1940 by Jack Delano.
2.) This picture is set in Durham, North Carolina in an African American bus station. It is outdoors but the light is limited because most of the sun is blocked off by the ledge above their heads. I would say this is an urban area because you wouldn't find a bus station like this in the countryside. It was probably in the morning or afternoon that this picture was taken.
3.) There are more than three African Americans in the picture. It is hard to tell exactly how many there are because the rest are in the bus and there is a glare in the window. All of the people shown in the picture are dark skinned and adults. The man out front is wearing an old fashion hat and a pin-striped suit. The sign hanging above him first caught my eye. It says "Colored Waiting Room." This told me immediately that this bus startion was meant for African Americans only. Anyone of a different race, wasn't allowed there.
4.) There are no homes in this picture. It is just a photograph of an African American bus service. It is in fairly good condition but I assume the Caucasian bus station had more to offer because during this time African Americans had less. A bus is parked in front of the building waiting to unload and reload passengers.
5.) The tone of the photograph is light because nothing too drastic is happening. Although the tone is light, I would also say that the tone is negative. I feel this way because the people in the picture can't be too happy that they are discriminated against just because of the color of their skin. There is light coming from the right of the picture but some of it is blocked off by the overhang above their heads.
6.) When I first saw this picture, I was surprised to find that even bus stations were segragated. African Americans were discriminated against and always received less than people with white skin. I was very annoyed when realizing this. Also, when I looked at the picture, I thought it was interesting to look at all of the signs on the wall. For example, one sign says "Hitler's Love Life Revealed". This shows what time period it was when the photograph was taken; the news on Hitler was still a huge thing that a movie was in the threaters about him.
7.) 1.Were there a lot of bus stations like this across the country?
2. How much did it cost to ride in a bus like the one in the photograph?
Group 6
Kristen Feige
"A rest stop for Greyhound bus passengers on the way from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, with separate accommodations for colored passengers."
1.) This picture was taken in Nashville, Tennessee on September 1943 by Esther Bubley.
2.) This is a picture of a rest stop for all colored people. It is an outdoor shot and it is very bright out. It was probably in the early morning or afternoon. I think it was a rural area because there are plenty of trees and open space around.
3.) In the photograph, there is a small building with a sign in front of it that says "Colored Dining Room in Rear". On the left there is an entrance to a colored men bathroom. According to the sign, around back there is also a dining room. There are no people in this picture. The sign on the front of the building first caught my eye.
4.) There is only one building in the picture and it is a rest stop. It isn't in very good condition; it is too small to serve many people and rather dirty. Only trees and open space are surrounding the building. Nothing else is around.
5.) This tone of the photograph is light. I think the picture gives off a negative feel because the sign out front clearly states that the rest stop is meant for African Americans only. You can really feel the separation between the two races. It is very light out because nothing is shadowing the building.
6.) I do not like this picture because I sense the hatred between the separate races. The building in the photo was only met for African Americans, and no one else is allowed. It is sad when people live that way, angry and separate. Also, the rest stop they use isn't even in that good of condition. It is small, dirty, and the dinning room is behind the bathroom which cannot be sanitary.
7.) 1.Was it illegal for someone with white skin to use this rest stop?
2.Did people actually eat in the dinning room behind the bathroom?
Group 6
Kristen Feige
"Secondhand clothing stores and pawn shop on Beale Street."
1.) This photograph was taken in Memphis, Tennessee in October 1939 by Marion Post Wolcott.
2.) The setting of the photograph is outside of an African Aerican hotel. There is plenty of light and it is in an urban area. I assume it was in the afternoon that this picture was taken.
3.) There are four African American adult men in the picture. They are all wearing dark suits or jackets and top hats. The sign above their heads that says "The Best Service for Colored Only" first caught my eye.
4.) On this city street, there are a lot of businesses right next to each other. Except for slim alleyways, each building is almost touching each other. The buildings are in okay condition but they seem like they haven't been cleaned in a while. The only thing surrounding the buildings are pedestrians and cars.
5.) I think the tone of the photograph is light; men are just hanging out in front of the hotel. This also means that the photograph is positive, they are just enjoying themselves. There is little light in this picture, it is mostly covered in shadows.
6.) I like this photograph because you can see city life during the Great Depression. The clothes the men are wearing and the architecture of the buildings show the time period. When I first saw this picture I noticed the sign for the colored persons hotel. It is sad that different races couldn't even use the same hotel. The segregation that occurred is obvious in this photo. Also, I realized that people of the same race only associate with people of the same race in this picture.
7.)1. What were the men doing who were standing outside the hotel?
2. How much would it cost to stay a night at this hotel during that time?
Yasmine Joobeur
Group 6
1). This photograph was taken by Russell Lee, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and occurs at a street car terminal were you can hydrate.
2). This picture's setting takes in doors at drinking cooler for African American men. Also, the picture is well light in the day time and in an urban region.
3).There is a single person in this photograph and he seems to range between the ages of early teens or late 20's. He is an African American and seems to be wearing dress up pants, a plain T-shirt, a belt and a top hat. One of the structures in this picture that I find appealing and distinguishing is that there is an African American drinking at drinking fountain reserved only for African Americans. Since during this time period there is still separation between the African Americans and whites.
4). The setting of this photograph seems to occur at a street car terminal. It is in a revolting condition, since there is not a lot of paint, many of the paint had decayed. Also, since this picture takes place indoors the there are no buildings that surround it. So the walls of this picture are touching. last, the structures/items that consist in this photographs are signs staying which ares are for African Americans and which are for whites. Since during this time period there was separation of different color groups. Also, there is a water cooler that contains water.
5). My belief on this image is that is heavy,dark and negative.
6). My belief that this image is depressing. Since, during this time there was separation of different color groups and so African Americans would have a different area to use and so would whites. I feel upset when I saw this image on a sign that said that this area is reserved for African Americans only. I feel revolted on our society cares on what color sign a person, and treat that person with underlying respect. What really matters is their actions toward others and how admirable they may present themselves. Also, feel agitated that people would not keep the conditions of the African American areas clean, but ville. Though they will use as much will and power they have to keep the white section cleaner, just because they have lighter skin.
7a).Did this man is the picture have any significant value?
7b). What was the cost to drink in this place, or was it free?
1).This image was taken in Lancaster Ohio, August of 1938. This photo was also photographed by Ben Shahn and I believe this image setting is the front of a restaurant.
2). The setting of this image occurred during the day in a urban area and so there is bountiful amount of light. Also, this images occurs out doors, since there is a curtain on the inside of the window.
3).None
4). There is a window that is in this photograph and even though you can't see much of the building it seems to be a business area. Also, it seems to be in mint condition, since this is a white area and so people kept it cleaner than African American area's during the mid 1900's
5). Heavy, dark and negative.
6). I feel devastated when I look at a n image like this one. This is because, the sign on the window says,"We Cater to White Trade Only." So no African Americans were aloud at this restaurant. Since African Americans did not have similar equal rights as white. If they can to the restaurant they would probable be attacked. Also, the area seems to have a better condition than African Americans. Since whites were treated with an excessive amount of respect and equal rights.
7a). While capturing this image were you trying to peruse the idea that whites had more advantages than African Americans?
7b). What is the name of this building?
1). This image was captured at Waco, Texas in November of 1939. The person who captured this photo was Russell Lee, in front of an African American movie theater.
2). This image appears to be located out doors, during the day and therefore there is lighting. Also, it seems to have taken place in an urban area, since movie theaters are in urban areas.
3). None
4). This image is a business, since in movie theaters you are trying to make money by selling tickets and food.It also seems to be in mild condition, since some of the paint had been removed. This is because, the mental had began to rust off. There is no spacing I can identify, because there are no other buildings or structures, that surround the building. All I can analyze is that there seems to be a coca cola sign on the building, a sign that explains that this theater is only for African Americans and another sign in which I can not distinguish.
5).Negative, dark and heavy.
6).I feel mournful toward this image, since there is separate areas in which African Americans change watch movies not interacting with whites.Since during this time African Americans were not able to have the same rights as whites, since African Americans have more pigment in their skin. Also, I feel some what content that the movie theater was in mint condition, in which I can verify from. Since in the outside of the theater it seems to be in exceptional condition, only a few areas on paint missing.
7a). What is the other sign to the right of the image, not the coca sign or the movie theater sign?
7b). Why did you capture only the upper most part of the movie theater?
Pamela Nicholas This photograph was taken as “A street scene near the bus station” in Durham, North Carolina in May 1940. It was taken by the photographer, Jack Delano. The setting of the photo is outside near a bus station in broad daylight on a sunny day. It takes place in an urban setting where people are walking around the street in the city and driving in cars. There are a few in the background of the picture that are very hard to see. But the main focus of people in the picture is 3 white ladies walking down the street. There are also 2 people walking out of an ice cream shop, but since they are just coming out, they are very hard to spot the first time you look at the picture. All three look about 25 to their 30s. They are dressed up very nicely. One woman is wearing a blouse with a plaid skirt and heels while the other one is wearing a plain colored skirt and a button down shirt. The third woman is wearing high heels with a collared white shirt and pleaded long skirt. One distinguishing feature of this picture is that there’s a white door that only allows white women to go in. Also The light post is very large that shows that this photo isn’ta current photo. What really catches my eyes is the type of car on the right of the photo and the bike. If you think about it, and compare them to the cars and bikes today, they do have some differences. And I could easily tell this was from the 1940s.One structure in the photograph is Southern Dairies Ice Cream Shop, which is right next to a door that says only white women may enter. There are other businesses across and down the street but the signs are difficult to read at all. The condition of the ice cream shop looks almost new. The bricks don’t look damaged at all, only a few marks, but none of the bricks look smashed or worn. Everything looks neat about the stores in this picture. There aren’t any defects that make it look old or decrypted. There is really no spacing between on business and the one right next to it, they are connected, on after the other. What surrounds the structures are large, black post with 2 lantern lights on them. Along the sidewalks are mailboxes along next to the street where bicycles and cars park. There are some trees in the background next to some businesses. The tone of the photograph is light since it is in the middle of a sunny day. And there is also a positive tone because the subjects of the photograph don’t have any sad expression at all. There is no suffering or hardships portrayed in this picture. It looks like 2 women are together going to somewhere as friends and the people coming out of the ice creams shop are also happy. The photo gives off a casual and pleasant feeling of the urban area. The only negative thing about this picture is the sign on the door saying that only white women we allowed through that door. But this minor tone isn’t as heavy as everything else in the picture since there is no one around in the picture that looks sad because of it. If the was a black women sitting on the ground near the door, the negative tone might have been more heavy, but since there is no negative person present, it doesn’t seem as negative as a picture. My response to this photograph was that in the urban area, people were separated by the color of their skin, white or black. But in this part of town, it didn’t seem as bad since there weren’t any black people around. Also it seemed that the urban life seemed more of the richer because of the women dressed nicely walking down the street look well and also look like they can take care of themselves. Compared to the pictures of rural areas near farms where people were struggling to survive off their farm. They dress as neatly as they dressed in work clothes since they worked all day. This photo gives me the impression that the rich were in the urban towns, where the poor were out in the outskirts of town working on their farms to make a living and to be able to provide for their families. This photo somewhat reminds me of downtown Milford and the green. I could see many similarities like cars and bikes parking on the street to visit the line of small shops and stores. People were walking around as trees provided shade and light posts appeared every few feet. There were intersections with stoplights and business advertised their store with signs just like the in the photo for the ice cream shop. A major difference is the fact that whites were allowed privileges separated from blacks. In the modern day, there are really no such signs like the one on the white door in the photograph. Questions- What were your intentions prior to this photograph? How did you find the sign on the door in this urban town?
This photograph was taken by Jack Delano in May 1940 in Durham, North Carolina. It was named “A café near the tobacco market it had signs “Separate doors for white and colored”. The setting of the paragraph is outdoors where the lighting is bright during the day. It is in urban setting because it takes place at a café in a town with cars and streets. In this photograph there is only one person. He is a man dressed in all white, probably a waiter or worker of the café. He looks about 25-30 years old. A distinguishing feature is that the restaurant is separated between whites and colored people. What catches my eye first is that the restaurant is that the restaurant is actually split. The door and side for the white is basically the same except the name one the top of the door. What also catches my eye is that hamburgers were only 5 cents almost 70 years ago. Now that I think of it, hamburgers now cost more than 20 times more than that!! Next to the café a business for field gardens and lawn seeds by the Byrd brothers and Mr. Pickett. On the other side of the café, there is another business but isn’t easy to see since the only part of the name showing is an “M”. The café is a business that looks like it is average condition, it isn’t new, but it doesn’t look abandoned or ridiculous. The curb is a bit messed up and worn while the curb appeal of the restaurant doesn’t look much decorated; it looks taken care of and well maintained. There is not spacing between the businesses. For instance, the gardening business and the café are just connected, not an inch of space in between. The only thing you could see around the café is two dark cars and 2 businesses next to it. The tone of the photo seems medium. The fact that the restaurant is separated by the color skin and the man staring out the window gives off a sorrow feeling and sad feeling. So the photo is negative. But in a way it is positive since there really isn’t anything going on. So it doesn’t give off a positive feel that there is no trouble around the café. My response to this photo is that it really shows me what it felt during the 1940s to go to a restaurant where you were separated from others because of your skin color. I can imagine having to go to this kind of a café as a “colored person” for some reasons I would feel ashamed and embarrassed because I had to be separated from the white people because of me. I’d feel their stares as they glanced at me walking in. I would feel terrible. I couldn’t imagine going through that. If I were in such a situation, I wouldn’t go out to places as freely as I do. I would always have that insecure feeling inside when people looked at me. This photo also shows me how ridiculous it was. Both sides looked the same; there was really no point in separating the colored from the whites. To see the degrees people went with separating the colored from the whites showed me that I am think “why would they do such a thing?” if they were in the shoes of a colored person they would know how it felt to be humiliated and feel shame inside because of the silly game of separating the whites, because they thought they were a superior race. From this picture I finally see and feel the way a colored person might feel in just a casual trip to the café. Questions: What were you trying to portray to viewers through this photograph? Why did you take the photo when it appears none is eating at the café?
Marion Post Wolcott photographed “The Rex Theater for colored people” in the delta area of Leland, Mississippi on November, 1939. The setting is outside the theater and the lighting seems light, but not very bright. It takes Place in a rural area during the daytime. There are 2 people in this photo. Both are colored and are wearing overalls and a collared shirt. They are both men wearing a dark hat with their hands in their pockets. They are standing right outside the theater as if they were waiting for something. The ages of the men look like 35 to 40 years old. The distinguishing feature is that the theater is so small and is only for a black person looking like it is almost made entirely of brick. What catches my eye first is the poster on the right with the name “Jack Randall” on it. The poster has a picture of a man with a cowboy hats and then another on a horse. It looked interesting since I have never heard of it and it reminded me of Indian Jones. The theater is the main business of the picture, it looked like it was in a bit poor condition since it looked old and was such a plain building of only really bricks and a sign. Parts of brick were chipped and worn making it seems so old. There another on the left but it is a store that was out of business and had an empty window and with the name of the previous store. There is no spacing between him out of business store and the theater, but between he theater and another building, there is a lot of space between by fencing of 5 poles. Posters surround the theater and 2 people, which is really it except for the sidewalk along with it. The tone of photo seems light; it is a bit negative as two men, who look a bit poor, are just standing there as if they were waiting or just hanging around. My response to this photo is that I feel thankful for the time period I live in. If you notice, that theater for the colored people is very small compared to the theaters we have today. It probably only has one or two different movies playing. And since it is so small, if your too lat, or if there aren’t any more seats, you have to wait around until the next show like those two men in the photo. I feel grateful that life is better that theirs. I feel sorrow for the men though to be poor in overalls waiting for a movie, especially when they won’t let you in if there are too many people. This makes me feel sad and angry to see people separate theaters for people of different skin. For only about 5% you actually see the people in the theater, for the rest of the entire it is dark and you dint have to worry about any colored people looking at you or making you angry, unless you find a movie theater trouble maker! I feel like the men are in a bad situation money wise, they don’t look well kept at all except the fact they have decent clothes. This picture really showed me that colored people suffered hardships too just like white did, if they had any.
Questions:
Do you know why those two men were just standing there?
Why did you take this photo when only people are outside, why didn’t you take it when people were leaving the theater or entering it?
Mallory Marin
Group 6
1. Destitute peapickers in California, February 1936
2. –indoors
-lit well
-rural
-day
3. –yes there are people
-three
-two children and their mother
-old and tattered
-black
-the boys hiding on their mothers shoulder and the depressed look on the face of the mother
- their tattered clothes and the dirt covering them
4. –homes
-bad conditions
-everything is very close together
-some kind of tent used as their home and also I believe a stick that is holding that tent up
5. –light
-negative
-its dark in terms of sadness
6. My response to this picture is that this picture is revealing a suffering family (a mother and her two children) and their times of hardship. The feeling of this photograph is very negative, and when you first look at it, you don’t get a positive feeling because of the surrounding features. For instance, the crying children on her shoulders don’t really make you feel happy inside. The mother looks like she just wants thins time to be over with and make better lives for her children. Overall, this is a very depressing picture mostly because of the people’s expressions and surroundings and how close they are huddled together, looking as if they want to just get this suffering over with.
7. –What were the mother’s exact thoughts at this time?
-what specifically was surrounding the family?
Mallory Marin
Group 6
1.Nipomo, Calif., March 1936
2. –outdoors
-light
-rural
-day
3.–yes there are people
-Four
-there are two children about the age of 7 and two older women about the ages of twenty five and fifty
-tattered and unclean clothing
-white
-the house that they are in and the rocking chair that the woman is sitting on
-what catches my eyes are the unhappy expressions that are on all of their faces, especially the older woman on the chair
4. –homes
-dilapidated
-out in the middle of nowhere
-garbage and forest
5.–heavy
-negative
-dark
6. My response to this photograph is that in it there is yet another suffering family that needed help. In this photo, it is probably a typical day, filled with nothing to do but hope for the best. The picture is negative from the expressions on the people’s faces and it sort of makes you want to wish that you could have helped them somehow. Also, the home that they are in is very shocking to me. This is because that us Americans are so spoiled that we don’t realize what it was really like to be living like this every single day. Overall, I think that we should appreciate what we have more because think of what it would be like to have to support a family with young children and elderly plus have to work jobs to pay to get food to survive.
7. –If you interviewed these people, what do you think that they would tell you about living like this?
- How hard is it to get food on a daily basis? What are the requirements for this family?
Mallory Marin
Group 6
1. Rome, Georgia, September 1943
2. -outdoors
-light
-urban
-day
3. –there are no people
-the appearance of the building behind the sign is very interesting.
- what catches my eyes is the size of the sign
4. –businesses
-dilapidated
-everything is close together
-the basic city structures, many buildings and telephone wires.
5. –light
-negative
-seemingly dark
6. My response to this photograph is that this is a very racist sign, and that people are judging each other by the color of their skin. Also, I think that the people in the city should learn to be accepting and also not take the racial differences so seriously. People do not need to be separated because of their physical means and things that they can’t change about themselves. I also feel a very dark vibe from this photo because it’s a huge sign near dilapidated buildings and it may be in the middle of the daytime, but the feel is still blackening.
7. –Why did people care so much about race that they had to separate people?
- How does the setting affect the feel of the picture to the photographer?
Group 6
Kristen Feige
"At the bus station."
1.) This picture was taken in Durham, North Carolina in May 1940 by Jack Delano.
2.) This picture is set in Durham, North Carolina in an African American bus station. It is outdoors but the light is limited because most of the sun is blocked off by the ledge above their heads. I would say this is an urban area because you wouldn't find a bus station like this in the countryside. It was probably in the morning or afternoon that this picture was taken.
3.) There are more than three African Americans in the picture. It is hard to tell exactly how many there are because the rest are in the bus and there is a glare in the window. All of the people shown in the picture are dark skinned and adults. The man out front is wearing an old fashion hat and a pin-striped suit. The sign hanging above him first caught my eye. It says "Colored Waiting Room." This told me immediately that this bus startion was meant for African Americans only. Anyone of a different race, wasn't allowed there.
4.) There are no homes in this picture. It is just a photograph of an African American bus service. It is in fairly good condition but I assume the Caucasian bus station had more to offer because during this time African Americans had less. A bus is parked in front of the building waiting to unload and reload passengers.
5.) The tone of the photograph is light because nothing too drastic is happening. Although the tone is light, I would also say that the tone is negative. I feel this way because the people in the picture can't be too happy that they are discriminated against just because of the color of their skin. There is light coming from the right of the picture but some of it is blocked off by the overhang above their heads.
6.) When I first saw this picture, I was surprised to find that even bus stations were segragated. African Americans were discriminated against and always received less than people with white skin. I was very annoyed when realizing this. Also, when I looked at the picture, I thought it was interesting to look at all of the signs on the wall. For example, one sign says "Hitler's Love Life Revealed". This shows what time period it was when the photograph was taken; the news on Hitler was still a huge thing that a movie was in the threaters about him.
7.) 1.Were there a lot of bus stations like this across the country?
2. How much did it cost to ride in a bus like the one in the photograph?
Group 6
Kristen Feige
"A rest stop for Greyhound bus passengers on the way from Louisville, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, with separate accommodations for colored passengers."
1.) This picture was taken in Nashville, Tennessee on September 1943 by Esther Bubley.
2.) This is a picture of a rest stop for all colored people. It is an outdoor shot and it is very bright out. It was probably in the early morning or afternoon. I think it was a rural area because there are plenty of trees and open space around.
3.) In the photograph, there is a small building with a sign in front of it that says "Colored Dining Room in Rear". On the left there is an entrance to a colored men bathroom. According to the sign, around back there is also a dining room. There are no people in this picture. The sign on the front of the building first caught my eye.
4.) There is only one building in the picture and it is a rest stop. It isn't in very good condition; it is too small to serve many people and rather dirty. Only trees and open space are surrounding the building. Nothing else is around.
5.) This tone of the photograph is light. I think the picture gives off a negative feel because the sign out front clearly states that the rest stop is meant for African Americans only. You can really feel the separation between the two races. It is very light out because nothing is shadowing the building.
6.) I do not like this picture because I sense the hatred between the separate races. The building in the photo was only met for African Americans, and no one else is allowed. It is sad when people live that way, angry and separate. Also, the rest stop they use isn't even in that good of condition. It is small, dirty, and the dinning room is behind the bathroom which cannot be sanitary.
7.) 1.Was it illegal for someone with white skin to use this rest stop?
2.Did people actually eat in the dinning room behind the bathroom?
Group 6
Kristen Feige
"Secondhand clothing stores and pawn shop on Beale Street."
1.) This photograph was taken in Memphis, Tennessee in October 1939 by Marion Post Wolcott.
2.) The setting of the photograph is outside of an African Aerican hotel. There is plenty of light and it is in an urban area. I assume it was in the afternoon that this picture was taken.
3.) There are four African American adult men in the picture. They are all wearing dark suits or jackets and top hats. The sign above their heads that says "The Best Service for Colored Only" first caught my eye.
4.) On this city street, there are a lot of businesses right next to each other. Except for slim alleyways, each building is almost touching each other. The buildings are in okay condition but they seem like they haven't been cleaned in a while. The only thing surrounding the buildings are pedestrians and cars.
5.) I think the tone of the photograph is light; men are just hanging out in front of the hotel. This also means that the photograph is positive, they are just enjoying themselves. There is little light in this picture, it is mostly covered in shadows.
6.) I like this photograph because you can see city life during the Great Depression. The clothes the men are wearing and the architecture of the buildings show the time period. When I first saw this picture I noticed the sign for the colored persons hotel. It is sad that different races couldn't even use the same hotel. The segregation that occurred is obvious in this photo. Also, I realized that people of the same race only associate with people of the same race in this picture.
7.)1. What were the men doing who were standing outside the hotel?
2. How much would it cost to stay a night at this hotel during that time?
Yasmine Joobeur
Group 6
1). This photograph was taken by Russell Lee, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and occurs at a street car terminal were you can hydrate.
2). This picture's setting takes in doors at drinking cooler for African American men. Also, the picture is well light in the day time and in an urban region.
3).There is a single person in this photograph and he seems to range between the ages of early teens or late 20's. He is an African American and seems to be wearing dress up pants, a plain T-shirt, a belt and a top hat. One of the structures in this picture that I find appealing and distinguishing is that there is an African American drinking at drinking fountain reserved only for African Americans. Since during this time period there is still separation between the African Americans and whites.
4). The setting of this photograph seems to occur at a street car terminal. It is in a revolting condition, since there is not a lot of paint, many of the paint had decayed. Also, since this picture takes place indoors the there are no buildings that surround it. So the walls of this picture are touching. last, the structures/items that consist in this photographs are signs staying which ares are for African Americans and which are for whites. Since during this time period there was separation of different color groups. Also, there is a water cooler that contains water.
5). My belief on this image is that is heavy,dark and negative.
6). My belief that this image is depressing. Since, during this time there was separation of different color groups and so African Americans would have a different area to use and so would whites. I feel upset when I saw this image on a sign that said that this area is reserved for African Americans only. I feel revolted on our society cares on what color sign a person, and treat that person with underlying respect. What really matters is their actions toward others and how admirable they may present themselves. Also, feel agitated that people would not keep the conditions of the African American areas clean, but ville. Though they will use as much will and power they have to keep the white section cleaner, just because they have lighter skin.
7a).Did this man is the picture have any significant value?
7b). What was the cost to drink in this place, or was it free?
1).This image was taken in Lancaster Ohio, August of 1938. This photo was also photographed by Ben Shahn and I believe this image setting is the front of a restaurant.
2). The setting of this image occurred during the day in a urban area and so there is bountiful amount of light. Also, this images occurs out doors, since there is a curtain on the inside of the window.
3).None
4). There is a window that is in this photograph and even though you can't see much of the building it seems to be a business area. Also, it seems to be in mint condition, since this is a white area and so people kept it cleaner than African American area's during the mid 1900's
5). Heavy, dark and negative.
6). I feel devastated when I look at a n image like this one. This is because, the sign on the window says,"We Cater to White Trade Only." So no African Americans were aloud at this restaurant. Since African Americans did not have similar equal rights as white. If they can to the restaurant they would probable be attacked. Also, the area seems to have a better condition than African Americans. Since whites were treated with an excessive amount of respect and equal rights.
7a). While capturing this image were you trying to peruse the idea that whites had more advantages than African Americans?
7b). What is the name of this building?
1). This image was captured at Waco, Texas in November of 1939. The person who captured this photo was Russell Lee, in front of an African American movie theater.
2). This image appears to be located out doors, during the day and therefore there is lighting. Also, it seems to have taken place in an urban area, since movie theaters are in urban areas.
3). None
4). This image is a business, since in movie theaters you are trying to make money by selling tickets and food.It also seems to be in mild condition, since some of the paint had been removed. This is because, the mental had began to rust off. There is no spacing I can identify, because there are no other buildings or structures, that surround the building. All I can analyze is that there seems to be a coca cola sign on the building, a sign that explains that this theater is only for African Americans and another sign in which I can not distinguish.
5).Negative, dark and heavy.
6).I feel mournful toward this image, since there is separate areas in which African Americans change watch movies not interacting with whites.Since during this time African Americans were not able to have the same rights as whites, since African Americans have more pigment in their skin. Also, I feel some what content that the movie theater was in mint condition, in which I can verify from. Since in the outside of the theater it seems to be in exceptional condition, only a few areas on paint missing.
7a). What is the other sign to the right of the image, not the coca sign or the movie theater sign?
7b). Why did you capture only the upper most part of the movie theater?
Pamela Nicholas
This photograph was taken as “A street scene near the bus station” in Durham, North Carolina in May 1940. It was taken by the photographer, Jack Delano. The setting of the photo is outside near a bus station in broad daylight on a sunny day. It takes place in an urban setting where people are walking around the street in the city and driving in cars. There are a few in the background of the picture that are very hard to see. But the main focus of people in the picture is 3 white ladies walking down the street. There are also 2 people walking out of an ice cream shop, but since they are just coming out, they are very hard to spot the first time you look at the picture. All three look about 25 to their 30s. They are dressed up very nicely. One woman is wearing a blouse with a plaid skirt and heels while the other one is wearing a plain colored skirt and a button down shirt. The third woman is wearing high heels with a collared white shirt and pleaded long skirt. One distinguishing feature of this picture is that there’s a white door that only allows white women to go in. Also The light post is very large that shows that this photo isn’t a current photo. What really catches my eyes is the type of car on the right of the photo and the bike. If you think about it, and compare them to the cars and bikes today, they do have some differences. And I could easily tell this was from the 1940s.One structure in the photograph is Southern Dairies Ice Cream Shop, which is right next to a door that says only white women may enter. There are other businesses across and down the street but the signs are difficult to read at all. The condition of the ice cream shop looks almost new. The bricks don’t look damaged at all, only a few marks, but none of the bricks look smashed or worn. Everything looks neat about the stores in this picture. There aren’t any defects that make it look old or decrypted. There is really no spacing between on business and the one right next to it, they are connected, on after the other. What surrounds the structures are large, black post with 2 lantern lights on them. Along the sidewalks are mailboxes along next to the street where bicycles and cars park. There are some trees in the background next to some businesses. The tone of the photograph is light since it is in the middle of a sunny day. And there is also a positive tone because the subjects of the photograph don’t have any sad expression at all. There is no suffering or hardships portrayed in this picture. It looks like 2 women are together going to somewhere as friends and the people coming out of the ice creams shop are also happy. The photo gives off a casual and pleasant feeling of the urban area. The only negative thing about this picture is the sign on the door saying that only white women we allowed through that door. But this minor tone isn’t as heavy as everything else in the picture since there is no one around in the picture that looks sad because of it. If the was a black women sitting on the ground near the door, the negative tone might have been more heavy, but since there is no negative person present, it doesn’t seem as negative as a picture.
My response to this photograph was that in the urban area, people were separated by the color of their skin, white or black. But in this part of town, it didn’t seem as bad since there weren’t any black people around. Also it seemed that the urban life seemed more of the richer because of the women dressed nicely walking down the street look well and also look like they can take care of themselves. Compared to the pictures of rural areas near farms where people were struggling to survive off their farm. They dress as neatly as they dressed in work clothes since they worked all day. This photo gives me the impression that the rich were in the urban towns, where the poor were out in the outskirts of town working on their farms to make a living and to be able to provide for their families. This photo somewhat reminds me of downtown Milford and the green. I could see many similarities like cars and bikes parking on the street to visit the line of small shops and stores. People were walking around as trees provided shade and light posts appeared every few feet. There were intersections with stoplights and business advertised their store with signs just like the in the photo for the ice cream shop. A major difference is the fact that whites were allowed privileges separated from blacks. In the modern day, there are really no such signs like the one on the white door in the photograph.
Questions-
What were your intentions prior to this photograph?
How did you find the sign on the door in this urban town?
This photograph was taken by Jack Delano in May 1940 in Durham, North Carolina. It was named “A café near the tobacco market it had signs “Separate doors for white and colored”. The setting of the paragraph is outdoors where the lighting is bright during the day. It is in urban setting because it takes place at a café in a town with cars and streets. In this photograph there is only one person. He is a man dressed in all white, probably a waiter or worker of the café. He looks about 25-30 years old. A distinguishing feature is that the restaurant is separated between whites and colored people. What catches my eye first is that the restaurant is that the restaurant is actually split. The door and side for the white is basically the same except the name one the top of the door. What also catches my eye is that hamburgers were only 5 cents almost 70 years ago. Now that I think of it, hamburgers now cost more than 20 times more than that!! Next to the café a business for field gardens and lawn seeds by the Byrd brothers and Mr. Pickett. On the other side of the café, there is another business but isn’t easy to see since the only part of the name showing is an “M”. The café is a business that looks like it is average condition, it isn’t new, but it doesn’t look abandoned or ridiculous. The curb is a bit messed up and worn while the curb appeal of the restaurant doesn’t look much decorated; it looks taken care of and well maintained. There is not spacing between the businesses. For instance, the gardening business and the café are just connected, not an inch of space in between. The only thing you could see around the café is two dark cars and 2 businesses next to it. The tone of the photo seems medium. The fact that the restaurant is separated by the color skin and the man staring out the window gives off a sorrow feeling and sad feeling. So the photo is negative. But in a way it is positive since there really isn’t anything going on. So it doesn’t give off a positive feel that there is no trouble around the café.
My response to this photo is that it really shows me what it felt during the 1940s to go to a restaurant where you were separated from others because of your skin color. I can imagine having to go to this kind of a café as a “colored person” for some reasons I would feel ashamed and embarrassed because I had to be separated from the white people because of me. I’d feel their stares as they glanced at me walking in. I would feel terrible. I couldn’t imagine going through that. If I were in such a situation, I wouldn’t go out to places as freely as I do. I would always have that insecure feeling inside when people looked at me. This photo also shows me how ridiculous it was. Both sides looked the same; there was really no point in separating the colored from the whites. To see the degrees people went with separating the colored from the whites showed me that I am think “why would they do such a thing?” if they were in the shoes of a colored person they would know how it felt to be humiliated and feel shame inside because of the silly game of separating the whites, because they thought they were a superior race. From this picture I finally see and feel the way a colored person might feel in just a casual trip to the café.
Questions:
What were you trying to portray to viewers through this photograph?
Why did you take the photo when it appears none is eating at the café?
Marion Post Wolcott photographed “The Rex Theater for colored people” in the delta area of Leland, Mississippi on November, 1939. The setting is outside the theater and the lighting seems light, but not very bright. It takes Place in a rural area during the daytime. There are 2 people in this photo. Both are colored and are wearing overalls and a collared shirt. They are both men wearing a dark hat with their hands in their pockets. They are standing right outside the theater as if they were waiting for something. The ages of the men look like 35 to 40 years old. The distinguishing feature is that the theater is so small and is only for a black person looking like it is almost made entirely of brick. What catches my eye first is the poster on the right with the name “Jack Randall” on it. The poster has a picture of a man with a cowboy hats and then another on a horse. It looked interesting since I have never heard of it and it reminded me of Indian Jones. The theater is the main business of the picture, it looked like it was in a bit poor condition since it looked old and was such a plain building of only really bricks and a sign. Parts of brick were chipped and worn making it seems so old. There another on the left but it is a store that was out of business and had an empty window and with the name of the previous store. There is no spacing between him out of business store and the theater, but between he theater and another building, there is a lot of space between by fencing of 5 poles. Posters surround the theater and 2 people, which is really it except for the sidewalk along with it. The tone of photo seems light; it is a bit negative as two men, who look a bit poor, are just standing there as if they were waiting or just hanging around.
My response to this photo is that I feel thankful for the time period I live in. If you notice, that theater for the colored people is very small compared to the theaters we have today. It probably only has one or two different movies playing. And since it is so small, if your too lat, or if there aren’t any more seats, you have to wait around until the next show like those two men in the photo. I feel grateful that life is better that theirs. I feel sorrow for the men though to be poor in overalls waiting for a movie, especially when they won’t let you in if there are too many people. This makes me feel sad and angry to see people separate theaters for people of different skin. For only about 5% you actually see the people in the theater, for the rest of the entire it is dark and you dint have to worry about any colored people looking at you or making you angry, unless you find a movie theater trouble maker! I feel like the men are in a bad situation money wise, they don’t look well kept at all except the fact they have decent clothes. This picture really showed me that colored people suffered hardships too just like white did, if they had any.
Questions:
Do you know why those two men were just standing there?
Why did you take this photo when only people are outside, why didn’t you take it when people were leaving the theater or entering it?